2014-03-28, 04:13
I've finally spent some time with Nox5, and may I say first of all what a great job - the orange theme in particular, with the colour being used to provide an unobtrusive yet beautiful highlight, is truly superb. However, as someone with more than a little bit of OCD there were a couple of things which irked me which I hope you'll look at
First of all, the mouse cursor. I get that this isn't a skin primarily designed for mouse control, but I do find myself using mouse occasionally and the cursor appears to be slightly off. By that I mean, in the following picture, the cursor is clearly over the submenu, but the main menu is actually highlighted... Also, it seems really large in comparison to other UI elements (such as, for example, the sub-menu or those three dots in the corner of the library that show view options).
Second, and really showing my OCD, is the size of items in lists. The difference in height (and font weight) between the settings menu list, and the list view just irked me. It doesn't feel to me like there needs to be such a difference in the height/weight of these lists... (and when going from settings to add-ons it felt quite jarring)
The HD tag - Great. Similarly to the colour theme, it's nicely understated yet works wonderfully.. But why, in the Shift view, do I get both the HD tag over on the left and the resolution over to the right? It feels like one is redundant. And, just personal preference, but I really could live without the studio flag in all the views. The studio that made the item doesn't affect my choice of whether I'm going to watch it at all. Personally, I'd prefer to see the audio channel, or perhaps as you already do for some views for seasons and episodes, and have the items icon there.
But, overall, Nox5 is seriously impressive. Thank you for it.
First of all, the mouse cursor. I get that this isn't a skin primarily designed for mouse control, but I do find myself using mouse occasionally and the cursor appears to be slightly off. By that I mean, in the following picture, the cursor is clearly over the submenu, but the main menu is actually highlighted... Also, it seems really large in comparison to other UI elements (such as, for example, the sub-menu or those three dots in the corner of the library that show view options).
Second, and really showing my OCD, is the size of items in lists. The difference in height (and font weight) between the settings menu list, and the list view just irked me. It doesn't feel to me like there needs to be such a difference in the height/weight of these lists... (and when going from settings to add-ons it felt quite jarring)
The HD tag - Great. Similarly to the colour theme, it's nicely understated yet works wonderfully.. But why, in the Shift view, do I get both the HD tag over on the left and the resolution over to the right? It feels like one is redundant. And, just personal preference, but I really could live without the studio flag in all the views. The studio that made the item doesn't affect my choice of whether I'm going to watch it at all. Personally, I'd prefer to see the audio channel, or perhaps as you already do for some views for seasons and episodes, and have the items icon there.
But, overall, Nox5 is seriously impressive. Thank you for it.